How do you solve $125+20w-20w=43+37w-20w$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2014-10-26T10:30:13

The goal is to isolate $w$ .

$125+20w-20w=43+37w-20w$

by $20w-20w=0$ and $37w-20w=17w$ ,

$Rightarrow 125=43+17w$

by subtracting 43 from both sides,

$Rightarrow 82=17w$

by dividing by 17,

$Rightarrow 82/17=w$

Hence, $w=82/17$ .

I hope that this was helpful.

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